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I-76 crash causes traffic jam

Single vehicle accident shuts down westbound lanes Monday afternoon

Two people were transported to a hospital after a one-vehicle rollover crash just over the Weld County line on Monday afternoon.

Colorado State Patrol troopers responded to a call at 1:09 p.m. about an accident near mile marker 53 on westbound Interstate 76. The vehicle was reportedly blocking all westbound lanes, and the road was closed at that mile marker at about 1:49 p.m.

Public information officer Nate Reid said there were two people in the vehicle, an adult male and a 3-year-old male, both of whom were transported to a hospital. The adult suffered serious injuries, but was expected to survive, while Reid said the 3-year-old was transported for "precautionary reasons."

The accident caused a traffic jam on I-76, and although the westbound lanes re-opened at 2:51 p.m., some Morgan County residents were still posting on social media about the slow highway traffic two hours later.

Troopers from both Troop 3B in Sterling and Troop 3A in Greeley responded to the crash, but Captain Gaylon Grippin of Sterling said the investigation was handed over to Troop 3A after their initial response. As of Monday evening, the troopers did not yet know the cause of the crash and were not yet able to release the names of the victims.

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